Wednesday = Total Lunar Eclipse [Archive]

Mike Teacher

02-18-2008, 08:15 AM

FYI fellow space travelers,

This wednesday if weather cooperates the entire USA can see a total lunar eclipse, the last for a few years.

Link to Eclipse Info HERE (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/15357796.html)

I took these photos of the last eclipse:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Eclipse_28Aug07_MikeBlack2.jpg

They show the moon being covered by the Earth's shadow. This will start about 8:45pm Eastern time, and the moon will be in total eclipse by 10:00.

So, Wednesday if it's clear, the sky has a performance for us, nothing needed but naked eyes.

Franklyn

02-18-2008, 08:16 AM

ooooooooooooooooo thank you mike. I haven't seen one in years.

IamPixie

02-18-2008, 08:16 AM

of the heart?

KC2OSO

02-18-2008, 08:20 AM

of the heart?
turn around bright eyes.

Mike Teacher

02-18-2008, 08:57 AM

I prefer the Mayan/Incan approach of gathering up all the usual suspects and beheading them by the dozens to please the Gods and make the Sun [or Moon, in this case] come back.

DiabloSammich

02-18-2008, 09:30 AM

I prefer the Mayan/Incan approach of gathering up all the usual suspects and beheading them by the dozens to please the Gods and make the Sun [or Moon, in this case] come back.

Sure, you laugh now, but it worked every time.

KC2OSO

02-18-2008, 11:19 AM

I prefer the Mayan/Incan approach of gathering up all the usual suspects and beheading them by the dozens to please the Gods and make the Sun [or Moon, in this case] come back.
Nice that Diego de Landa burned all those books Mayan books too. Great move.

Bulldogcakes

02-18-2008, 03:42 PM

Sweet! I will be watching out for it.

cougarjake13

02-18-2008, 04:33 PM

awesome

totally forgot about it

Mike Teacher

02-20-2008, 07:00 AM

Bumpy Bumperton says hello and the eclipse is tonight.

For east coast:

8:45pm ish = the Langoliers begin eating the moon; at this time you may hear the song 'Also Spake Tharathustra' and have the need to look up at the sky and maybe a monolith will appear in your den as you sleep.

10pm-10:50pm = the Moon is utterly gone; utter chaos rules. The End of Days. Gods must be appeased, the Universe is in disorder, we need the Fifth Element or evil will conquer.

10:50pm = If we appease the Gods with enough beheadings and ritual sacrifices, they may begin to bring the moon back. Or not. Not sure how many ritual sacrifices God wants these days to bring back the Moon.

after 11pm you can see the moon come back slowly. I hope.

Off to find a goat and a virgin. Maybe a virgin goat. How can you tell?

JackStraw

02-20-2008, 08:00 AM

Southern Vermont Moon viewing party!

I hope it woks and by works I mean a full out "Shortbus" style orgy!

I love me an eclipse.

grlNIN

02-20-2008, 08:38 AM

This is a great prebirthday surprise.

Thank you, moon.

Gmann

02-20-2008, 01:51 PM

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

an oldie but still a goodie

SatCam

02-20-2008, 04:45 PM

guys, dont be alarmed but

PART OF THE MOON IS MISSING!

look outside!

cougarjake13

02-20-2008, 04:59 PM

but...but... it was just there !!!!

madness i tells ya

Judge Smails

02-20-2008, 05:03 PM

I've got a great view from my skylight. I'm just sitting on the couch, drinking some wine, watching Mythbusters and looking at the eclipse. Does it get any better than this? I think not.

BoondockSaint

02-20-2008, 05:05 PM

It's a sign from the gods that we must sacrifice the hippo.

sailor

02-20-2008, 05:06 PM

It's a sign from the gods that we must sacrifice the hippo.

qft.

FUNKMAN

02-20-2008, 05:23 PM

thanks...

i'm almost saw a solar eclipse once but the moon got in the way

Mike Teacher

02-20-2008, 05:26 PM

It's cleared up here and the moon is disappearing NOW.

Sarge

02-20-2008, 05:27 PM

Half gone.

Jubjubs

02-20-2008, 05:28 PM

Perfect view here in Minnepolis right now. Incredible.

cougarjake13

02-20-2008, 05:29 PM

It's a sign from the gods that we must sacrifice the hippo.

if it means a mets world championship then i'm all for it

Mike Teacher

02-20-2008, 05:31 PM

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Art/m1.jpg

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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Art/m2-1.jpg

BoondockSaint

02-20-2008, 05:50 PM

Almost gone.

Jughead

02-20-2008, 06:14 PM

I did not read the thread..How is your view where you are??..Here in central Indiana we are under high pressure, and the view is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!I have the tele out and Saturn is real close........... Mike the Teacher one of my favorite quest on my favorite radio show....:bye:

hurlmon

02-20-2008, 06:18 PM

Thanks for taking pics mike

I tried they suck. Yours just come out great (as always)

FUNKMAN

02-20-2008, 06:45 PM

went outside the job to check it out with a couple co-workers. it was like watching michael jackson in reverse

Mike Teacher

02-20-2008, 06:48 PM

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Art/Eclipse_Montage.jpg

Montage I just finished

Mike Teacher

02-20-2008, 06:51 PM

Oh, you havent missed it if you think you missed it; for next 90 mins its all gonna happen again in reverse

midwestjeff

02-20-2008, 06:51 PM

went outside the job to check it out with a couple co-workers. it was like watching michael jackson in reverse

Like his penis was vacuuming semen off of a little boy's back?

weekapaugjz

02-20-2008, 06:51 PM

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Art/Eclipse_Montage.jpg

Montage I just finished

Very cool! I tried to take a few and they came out like shit

WhistlePig

02-20-2008, 07:10 PM

It's beautiful! I was going to post a crappy pic I just took but Mike the Teacher's are so great I'd be embarrassed.

There's a moon in the sky, it's called the moon!

FUNKMAN

02-20-2008, 07:14 PM

There's a moon in the sky, it's called the moon!

and everybody is there

TheGameHHH

02-20-2008, 07:16 PM

its really cloudy down here in South Florida, so this whole thing kinda sucks.

sailor

02-20-2008, 07:16 PM

i was disappointed by it.

Mike Teacher

02-20-2008, 07:23 PM

i was disappointed by it.

Of course you were.

FUNKMAN

02-20-2008, 07:31 PM

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/fleshgordonii/fleshgordonii2.jpg

i liked it

Dougie Brootal

02-20-2008, 07:32 PM

I hope it woks and by works I mean a full out "Shortbus" style orgy!

great movie.

sailor

02-20-2008, 07:32 PM

Of course you were.

honestly. and i was so looking forward to it. it didn't get nearly as dark as i thought it would.

WampusCrandle

02-20-2008, 07:46 PM

it was a cool lunar eclipse . . . next time i will get a telescope

Fallon

02-20-2008, 07:51 PM

I had a beautiful view from the highest point in South Boston and I forgot. Dammit.

TeeBone

02-20-2008, 07:55 PM

Had a great view the whole night with occasional cloud cover in Orlando. It was cooler than I thought it would be.

KC2OSO

02-20-2008, 09:12 PM

Beautiful stuff. Had you not pointed it out, we would have missed it.

What causes it all to hang together though with such wobbly precision? Why doesn't the moon just fly away? It has plenty of reasons to and not to...It's not like it's held there on some superstructure. We're just floating...

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Same as like what causes two bodies to come together (say, a man and woman) and make a being? What causes that being to exist for 80 or 90 years and then expire? What energy causes the things that create a human or a flower or whatever to exist and its atoms to hang together for a time and then decide to dissipate one day?

Franklyn

02-20-2008, 09:23 PM

The eclipse was cool. The sky was strangely clear tonight. Thanks for the heads up.

Mike Teacher

02-20-2008, 10:27 PM

The eclipse was cool. The sky was strangely clear tonight.

Here at the NJ shore at 7pm it was cloud city, after a dusting of snow. Then boom, it cleared on cue. Lucky.

And astronomical events are acquired tastes. For some this is bone-crushing boring, and I can see that.

Things have been pretty boring in the sky in our lifetimes. We havent had a real major event, a meteor shower so intense thousands are seen an hour, or a Tunguska/Meteor Crater sized hit by a comet or asteroid, the real cool events like total solar eclipses are way too rare unless youre willing to travel, and even thats exciting for what? A few minutes? We need a comet so close and huge it spans the sky for months. Nights bright enough to read by for weeks. Auroras so intense the people near the equator can see. Its happened, just not recently.

ChrisTheCop

02-20-2008, 10:33 PM

Had a very clear view of it all night, even in Manhattan.

I love lunar eclipses... reminds me of The Red Sox final game of 2004.

A.J.

02-21-2008, 04:29 AM

That was pretty cool to watch.

Randy Mfn Moss

02-21-2008, 05:08 AM

Here at the NJ shore at 7pm it was cloud city, after a dusting of snow. Then boom, it cleared on cue. Lucky.

And astronomical events are acquired tastes. For some this is bone-crushing boring, and I can see that.

Things have been pretty boring in the sky in our lifetimes. We havent had a real major event, a meteor shower so intense thousands are seen an hour, or a Tunguska/Meteor Crater sized hit by a comet or asteroid, the real cool events like total solar eclipses are way too rare unless youre willing to travel, and even thats exciting for what? A few minutes? We need a comet so close and huge it spans the sky for months. Nights bright enough to read by for weeks. Auroras so intense the people near the equator can see. Its happened, just not recently.

Hale Bop was pretty cool, I remember it being very visible for quite awhile.

Thanks for the pics Mike. When are you doing your radio show!!!

MadMatt

02-21-2008, 05:26 AM

I thought we were going to miss it here in the Philly area since we had snow late in the afternoon and early evening. However, it cleared up in time and we had a beautiful view of the eclipse! :clap:

I took my 3 year old out to look at the eclipse; it was really special. :thumbup:

Thanks for the pics Mike the Teacher! I couldn't find my camera, so it's great to have some photographic documentaion.

Furtherman

02-21-2008, 05:56 AM

What a great display. After a cloudy start is was crystal clear to see the red moon once it total eclipsed.

What I really liked was the three stars to the northwest of the moon that revealed itself behind the moonlight. They were in triangle formation. I have to look up which stars they were... but just a great event altogether.

Earlshog

02-21-2008, 06:09 AM

Furtherman

02-21-2008, 06:14 AM

wasn't one of them Saturn?

You're right.

During the eclipse, the Moon will be in Leo. Saturn and bright star Regulus are only 3 degrees east and west, respectively, of the Moon.

Mike Teacher

02-21-2008, 06:18 AM

wasn't one of them Saturn?

Nice!!! Yes, the bright 'star' to the left of the moon was Saturn, and above it, one of the bright stars of Leo. I got Saturn and Moon in one shot:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Art/m3-1.jpg

Furtherman

02-21-2008, 06:23 AM

I made the mistake of looking directly at the eclipse. It didn't blind me but it did open a portal.

I had to change my pants.

DolaMight

02-21-2008, 07:16 AM

We had clear skies and I had a great view until it went dark, everywhere. I'm typin this on a braille keyboard, I hope it's in the right thread. It was worth it.

Badinia

02-21-2008, 08:52 AM

Nice!!! Yes, the bright 'star' to the left of the moon was Saturn, and above it, one of the bright stars of Leo. I got Saturn and Moon in one shot:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Art/m3-1.jpg

Bootiful photo, Mike.